The Tigers are dipping into the Football Championship Subdivision ranks to replace the role previously occupied by [autotag]Gerald Chatman[/autotag].
According to On3’s Matt Zenitz, LSU is hiring Kennesaw State defensive ends coach [autotag]Kynjee Cotton[/autotag] as an analyst. Cotton spent the 2022 season with the Owls after previous defensive ends coach stints at Samford and West Georgia.
Cotton has also served as a quality control coach at North Carolina, a defensive line coach at Birmingham Southern and a graduate assistant at UAB following a stint as a strength and conditioning intern at Alabama.
He’s a former standout defensive lineman at Alabama State, earning all-conference honors while in college.
LSU is expected to hire Kennesaw State defensive ends coach Kynjee Cotton as an analyst, sources tell @on3sports.
Cotton, a former Alabama State all-conference defensive lineman and team captain, worked at Samford for three seasons before Kennesaw.https://t.co/LUoFsiNy4I pic.twitter.com/DuxdsQriSn
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) June 19, 2023
Chatman previously served as an analyst working with the defensive line before being serving as the interim defensive line coach this spring when [autotag]Jamar Cain[/autotag] left for the NFL. Chatman was later hired as the defensive line coach at Tulane.
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